24And cast him into an old pit, where there was no water.


In Context

21 And Ruben hearing this, endeavoured to deliver him out of their hands, end said:

22 Do not take away his life, nor shed his blood: but cast him into this pit, that is in the wilderness, and keep your hands harmless: now he said this, being desirous to deliver him out of their hands and to restore him to his father.

23 And as soon as he came to his brethren, they forthwith stript him of his outside coat, that was of divers colours:

24 And cast him into an old pit, where there was no water.

25 And sitting down to eat bread, they saw some Ismaelites on their way coming from Calaad, with their camels, carrying spices, and balm, and myrrh to Egypt.

26 And Juda said to his brethren: What will it profit us to kill our brother, and conceal his blood?

Genesis 37:24 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

37:24And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit [was] empty, [there was] no water in it.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

37:24and they took him and threw him into the cistern. Now the cistern was empty; there was no water in it.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

37:24and they took him, and cast him into the pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

37:24and they took him and cast him into the pit; now the pit was empty there was no water in it.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

37:24and they took him, and cast him into the pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

37:24And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty; there was no water in it.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

37:24and they took him, and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty. There was no water in it.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

37:24and take him and cast him into the pit, and the pit is empty, there is no water in it.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

37:24And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.